Alma L. Riley ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Given Name: Alma
Surname: Lightfoot
Birth Date: 17 September 1890
State: Illinois
Last Place of Residence: Caddo, Louisiana
Previous Residence Postal Code: 71106
Event Date: December 1975
Age: 85

Citing this Record:
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J2YD-J2W : accessed 23 Dec 2013), Alma Lightfoot, December 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Davenport Memorial Park Order #9426 dated December 29, 1975. The grave location is noted as "A-157-N1/3". Total charges were $160.00 apparently paid for and signed for by the daughter, Mrs. R. H. Davison, 213 W. 68th Street, Shreveport, LA 71106".
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Chicago, IL on January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 1009
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Alma Lightfoot..Wife..29..IL

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Chicago, IL on April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 0979 Household 196, Roll 460,
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Alma Lightfoot..Wife..39..IL

(Living with husband and daughter.)

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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Chicago, IL on 11 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 103-1750, Family 182, Roll 976
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Last Place of Residence: Same House
2939 Wilcox Street
Alma Lightfoot..Wife..49..IL..8th grade

(Living with husband, daughter, and sister.)
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• Death Image: 28 December 1975, in Louisiana. ⁶

• She was buried on 30 December 1975 in the Davenport Memorial Park in Davenport, IA.

The grave marker is a flat bronze casting that says "Beloved Wife, Alma L. Lightfoot, 1890-1975". In between the dates is a figure of a Holy Bible.

Find A Grave Memorial 90359827
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Alma married Harrison Morton Lightfoot, son of William Lightfoot and Loretta A. Linn, on 21 December 1916 in Chicago, IL.^{1 2 3 4} (Harrison Morton Lightfoot was born on 23 October 1888 in Springdale, IA,^{2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12} died on 1 February 1954 in Chicago, IL and was buried on 4 February 1954 in Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Chicago, IL on January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 1009
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Harry Lightfoot..Head..31..IA
Alma Lightfoot..Wife..29..IL
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Chicago, IL on April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 0979, Household 196, Roll 460
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Harry H. Lightfoot..Head..41..IA
Alma Lightfoot..Wife..39..IL
Phyliss V. Lightfoot..Daughter..7..IL
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Chicago, IL on 11 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 103-1750, Family 182, Roll 976
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Last Place of Residence: Same House
2939 Wilcox Street
Harry M. Lightfoot..Head..51..IA..8th grade..Carpenter, Construction Company..earned $2000 in 1939
Alma Lightfoot..Wife..49..IL..8th grade
Phylis Lightfoot..Daughter..17..IL..11th grade
Lottie Davis..Sister-in-law..53..IL..8th grade..Caretaker, Institution..earned $800 in 1939
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  Marriage Notes:

Their marriage took place in Chicago but they lived in Moline, Illinois shortly afterwards before moving back to Chicago. Apparently after Harry died while living in Chicago, he was buried in Davenport Memorial Gardens near his brother, Lee. I'm not sure why he was buried there rather than in Chicago.

Alma then left Chicago and lived near or with her married daughter, Phyllis, in Shreveport, Louisiana. When Alma died in 1975, she was buried alongside her husband, Harry in Davenport Memorial Gardens.
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Name: Harry Lightfoot
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1888
Spouse's Name: Alma L. Riley
Spouse's Age: 26
Spouse's Birth Date: 1890
License Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Dec 1916
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
GS Film number:1030636
Digital Folder Number:4272577
Image Number: 714
Reference ID: 749916

Citing this Record:
"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7ZL-RJ5 : accessed 23 Dec 2013), Harry Lightfoot and Alma L. Riley, 21 Dec 1916.
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